shè xiǎng
imaginer; envisager; concevoir
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我们设想一下，如果我们能飞，那该多好啊！
wǒmen shèxiǎng yīxià, rúguǒ wǒmen néng fēi, nà gāi duō hǎo a!
Let's imagine, if we could fly, how great it would be!
科学家们正在设想一种新的能源。
kēxuéjiārmen zhèngzài shèxiǎng yī zhǒng xīn de néngyuán.
Scientists are imagining a new type of energy.
你设想一下，如果我们能回到过去，那该多好啊！
nǐ shèxiǎng yīxià, rúguǒ wǒmen néng huídào guòqù, nà gāi duō hǎo a!
Imagine if we could go back in time, how great it would be!
The Chinese word 设想 (shèxiǎng) is composed of two characters: 设 (shè) and 想 (xiǎng). The character 设 originally meant "to place" or "to establish", and it is often used in the sense of "to set up" or "to arrange". The character 想 originally meant "to think" or "to imagine", and it is often used in the sense of "to consider" or "to contemplate". When these two characters are combined, they form the word 设想, which means "to conceive" or "to imagine". This word is often used in the context of planning or problem-solving, and it can also be used to refer to a hypothesis or a theory.
